Dana woke up first, feeling completely refreshed after a good night's sleep. The Ashanath engineers had been tasked with completing the last of the work while she slept and she was so eager to check on their results, that she wanted to leap out of bed and go sprinting out the room. Instead, she stealthily climbed out from under the covers and tiptoed out softly, being careful not to awaken John, or the other three girls who were still fast asleep. She dressed in her own room, then walked down the corridor quietly, wanting to do a final check on everything before she presented the results of her hard work to the rest of the crew.

***

John, Alyssa, Calara and Jade woke to the gentle sounds of a melody, yawning and stretching contentedly as the tune drifted around the room. Dana pressed a button on the remote she held in her hand and the soothing music quietened and then turned off.

"Good morning ladies and gentleman." Dana said in a cheerful voice. "If you would care to get up, then the tour of the Invictus Mk II will begin shortly." she exclaimed excitedly.

Dana stripped off to join them in the shower and they all washed and dressed in double time. Everyone sensed the auburn haired girl's excitement and felt intensely curious about what she'd been up to. She led them out of the bedroom and down the corridor, stopping in front of where the old elevator used to be.

"Here's the first modification." she said proudly.

"We all know how annoying it used to be having to wait for the elevator. Well I've removed that completely and replaced it with anti-grav tubes." she said.

Dana hit the button on the wall and the doors swished open. The elevator shaft had been widened and was now divided into two, each side roughly the same size as the old elevator compartment had been. There was a light blue haze in the right empty elevator shaft and a light red one in the left. When they leaned out to hesitantly look over the edge, they could see the doors to each of the decks below.

"The colours are to let you know that the anti-gravity field is in place." Dana explained. "You wouldn't want to just step out and then find the field was out of action in the event of power loss." she said with a wry smile.

"The right side goes up and the left side goes down." she clarified for them. "I figured it was easier to let the fields do the hard work, rather than having to propel ourselves up and down the shaft."

"If you'd care to follow me, I'll show you what else I've done." she said mysteriously.

Dana stepped backwards into the anti-grav field on the left hand side and was swathed in a warm red glow. She waved at them with a smile on her face as she sank down at a comfortable speed, disappearing from sight. John glanced at the other girls with a grin on his face and stepped into the tube, the hairs on his arms standing up as he was enveloped in the field. He dropped down at a steady pace and then landed lightly at ground level, where Dana was waiting for him. Alyssa, Calara and Jade touched down too and they laughed happily at the odd sensation.

"That was really nicely thought out." John commended the redhead approvingly.

She smiled at him happily and then waved the group forward.

"The next thing to take a look at is our defences against boarding." Dana said, producing a remote with a flourish.

"I've set up panic buttons in the bridge and your quarters John, which are locked by a DNA reader." she explained.

Dana pressed the big red button on the remote after a showy swirl of her thumb, which earned her a few chuckles. A robust looking security door slid smoothly down from the ceiling, blocking off the airlock entrance completely.

"That ought to buy you some extra time, until you can get geared up and then come down here to use these..." she said, pressing a green button.

Panels on each side of the corridor slid open and two multi-barrelled turrets swung smoothly into position. At the same time, sturdy looking barricades rose up from the floor just outside the elevator entrance, large enough to provide substantial cover even for a person in full body armour.

"Oh these are excellent!" John nodded appreciatively at the heavily reinforced cover.

"These security precautions are built into all decks, just in case we have another hull breaching scenario." the redhead explained.

"What are the turrets?" Alyssa asked Dana curiously.

"Automated Gatling lasers." Dana shrugged. "They are easy to produce and maintain and we have more than enough power for them." she said.

"Will they be effective against the Drakkar though?" Calara asked, sounding concerned.

"Yeah, they should be." Dana nodded. "I'll explain why a little later on the tour." she said with a smile.

"Ok if you'd like to follow me, I'll show you what our home looks like now on the outside. It's had a makeover." she grinned, excitement shining in her eyes.

Dana bounced away down the corridor, hitting the red and green buttons on the remote which caused the defences to withdraw back into place, merging seamlessly with the walls, floor and ceiling. She pressed her hand to the DNA reader next to the airlock and the green light moved silently across the panel, scanning her hand. It beeped quietly in recognition and the airlock spiralled open.

"Ok hold hands, close your eyes and follow me." Dana said mysteriously, holding her hand out for Jade to take as she led the Nymph through the airlock collar.

The rest of the group followed her instructions and walked out in a line across the floor of the shipyard, following each other hand in hand. Dana brought Jade to a halt after they had walked out about a hundred paces and called out for everyone to stop. She walked down the line, gently turning everyone to face back towards the ship.

"Now open your eyes!" Dana urged them, hardly able to contain herself as she awaited their reaction.

There was a hushed silence as her shipmates stared in shock at the Invictus.

"Holy fuck!" Alyssa swore quietly under her breath.

Dana grinned proudly at the stunned reaction of her friends and lovers.

"I don't think I'm ever going to be able to pass myself off as a peaceful trader again." John said wryly.

The assault cruiser had been totally stripped of its old armour and had been completely re-sheathed in jet black armour plating. The lights from the shipyard glinted off the ship's hull, giving the whole ship a glistening lustre, like it had been highly polished to a fine sheen. Where their ship had looked sleek and ferocious before, now it looked positively terrifying.

"Why is it sparkling like that Dana?" Jade asked curiously. "The Drakkar armour plating looked slightly different, a bit more dull." she observed, having spotted the difference with her sharp eyes.

"I'm glad you asked." Dana said, grinning excitedly.

"I had to come up with a new alloy, so that we could use special psychic sensitive crystals in the composition. We wouldn't have been able to use the shipyard equipment to rearmour the ship otherwise." the redhead explained.

"I call the new metal: 'Invictium'!" she exclaimed proudly. "And its named quite appropriately." Dana added happily.

"It's a Titanium alloy, but the Etherite crystals have made it stronger. It's approximately twice the toughness of the old reinforced Titanium at resisting standard ordnance." she explained, overjoyed with the results.

"That sounds incredible!" Calara exclaimed. "But what about resistance against energy weapons?" she asked, remembering how effective the Drakkar armour had been against the Ashanath beams.

"Now that's the best part!" Dana grinned delightedly. "Come and check this out!" she exclaimed.

Nearby was a 10' square section of black Invictium armour plating which was held securely in place by four robotic arms. A small beam laser turret was positioned 50 metres away, with the barrel pointed squarely at the armour plating.

"Ok watch the armour plating." Dana said and produced a remote from another pocket.

She hit the button and a red beam of bright energy blasted out to hit the armour plating squarely in the centre. The beam pulsed angrily for a few seconds, before Dana flicked off the remote and the beam blinked out as suddenly as it had appeared.

"Wow!" Calara exclaimed with wide eyes. "The beam barely even scratched it!"

Dana grinned, beaming from ear to ear.

"The armour is partly reflective and deflects some of the initial energy of the attack. Whatever's left gets channelled through the armour and absorbed by capacitors that are spaced evenly around the hull." she explained for them in layman's terms.

"The Drakkar armour was able to channel and absorb the energy by using this incredibly rare element called Onyxium. Their armour is a Steel/Onyxium alloy." she noted.

"Invictium is a Titanium/Onyxium alloy, that is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of Etherite crystals and 15 other elements that I included to stabilise the bonds." Dana stated proudly.

"From the original attack strength of an energy weapon, Drakkar armour reflects 20%, absorbs 60% and allows 20% of the power through to cause actual damage. Invictium reflects 35%, absorbs 60% and allows 5% through to cause damage." she said smugly.

"So you've made us practically immune to laser weapons!" Alyssa blurted out. "That's fucking awesome Sparks!" she laughed in delight.

"We won't even need to turn the shields on!" the beautiful blonde girl added as she smirked.

"Unfortunately the capacitors can get overloaded if they absorb too much energy too fast." Dana admitted. "And Onyxium is incredibly rare, so try not to take any hits if you can avoid them!" she pleaded.

"But yeah, we're a whole heck of a lot tougher than before." the redhead smiled, well satisfied with her handiwork.

"I already thought you were one of the smartest people I've ever met, but you've managed to surpass my already sky high expectations!" John said proudly.

"You've done an amazing job Dana. Thank you!" he commended her gratefully, wrapping her up in a warm hug.

Dana sighed, ecstatically happy to have earned such high praise.

"Oh, I'm not done yet!" she exclaimed, wriggling out of his grasp.

"There's more to see!" the exhilarated girl chirped, beckoning them to follow after her as she jogged back to the ship.

Dana led them back through the two sets of doors on the airlock collar and then opened the double door into the hangar bay. The Raptor gunship brooded in the hangar bay, black and glistening like some kind of abyssal horror. John shivered for a moment, the ship bringing back a few unpleasant lingering memories from his recent nightmares.

"I replated the Raptor and added a new power core. The huge surplus of power meant I could add an upgraded shield generator, so the gunship should be able to shrug off most defence grid grade weaponry." she said happily.

Jade walked forward and ran her hand down the side of the Raptor's hull. "The ship looks magnificent Dana!" she said, thrilled with the improvements.

Dana bowed with a flourish. "Anything to keep you guys safe." she smiled contentedly.

"Ok let's move on to the next part of the tour!" she grinned, leading them back to the grav-tube.

They stepped into the dim blue glow on the right side and rose up smoothly, causing some spontaneous laughter at the odd sensation of being lifted off the ground. They stepped out onto the command deck and Dana led them across the bridge and into the debriefing room. The armour equipping frames now had company and there was one in place for each of the crew.

"Jade, would you care to be my model again?" Dana asked sweetly.

"Of course Dana!" The Nymph agreed immediately and walked over to the alcove.

She stepped into the armoured boots and slipped her hands into the plated gauntlets. With the touch of a button, the robotic arms swung into action, pressing armour plates together to fully encase the girl's wonderful figure in Phalanx armour. Except this no longer looked like the old Phalanx armour. Where the old body armour suits were a bland dark grey, the body armour was now plated in Invictium and was a sinister jet black.

"You look badass!" Alyssa nodded approvingly as she walked around the armour suit.

"Unfortunately I can't get the capacitors to work with the body armour." Dana admitted to the others. "Due to the uneven curving nature of personal armour, the energy absorbing lattice isn't working properly." she said with irritation.

"Well at least we should scare our enemies to death." Calara noted with a raised eyebrow, as she took in the enhanced body armour's terrifying new appearance.

"Don't worry, there's a few more tricks under the hood." Dana said with a grin. "The Invictium also retains its enhanced resilience against projectile weapons, as well as the passive 35% deflection trait against energy weapons."

"Do the Drakkar use the same kind of metal from their ships in their body armour?" Alyssa asked curiously.

"The ribbed armour the Drakkar wear is slightly resistant to laser fire, but it's not the same tech as the armour plating on their ships." Dana clarified. "They probably couldn't get the capacitors to work either." she guessed.

"Another incredible job Dana, well done!" John said happily as he walked over to the newly installed weapons locker.

He opened it up and saw five of the XR75 rifles on the racks. He picked one up and hefted it in his arms.

"Bring that with you..." Dana instructed him. "We're off to the firing range next!" she said with a wink.

They waited for Jade to return the armour to the alcove and then they followed after Dana as she led them down to deck 7 and along the corridor to the firing range. She pushed the button on the door and they all trooped into the room.

Nothing had really changed in here, except there was another armour equipping frame in place against the wall. Dana walked over to it and stepped into the boots, as the robotic arms swung in to encase her in Invictium body armour. There was the quiet rippling of metallic clicks as the armour plates locked into place.

Dana walked over to the nearby weapon rack and then took out an old, unmodified XR73 rifle. She slotted in a clip of caseless hollow point ammo and then walked back to the range, before handing over the assault rifle to Alyssa.

"Here you go." she said happily, the speakers built into the armoured helmet transmitting the playful tone in her voice.

Next she strolled off down the firing range, before coming to a stop 50 metres away.

"Ok try and shoot me." Dana said smugly.

Alyssa glanced at the others, not feeling entirely comfortable at shooting a rifle at her oldest friend, no matter how well armoured she was.

"Hurry up!" Dana goaded her. "We haven't got all day!"

Alyssa rolled her eyes and then sighted down the scope at the armoured chief engineer.

"Brrt!" the rifle chattered as she sent a three round burst directly at Dana.

There was a peculiar whumping sound and the bullets bounced away from their intended target, striking the walls.

"Woohoo!" Dana cheered and did a little victory dance. "It worked!" she said delightedly.

"That was the first time you've tested it?" Alyssa gasped, as she stared at her friend with wide eyes.

"The science was good, there was nothing to worry about." Dana said confidently. "Besides, this new armour is tough as old boots. Hollow point rounds would never be able to penetrate it." she said proudly.

"So what was that strange noise?" John asked. "It sounded like when I tried to shoot the Drakkar and some rounds deflected off their shields."

"Well spotted!" Dana said, clapping her hands approvingly. "Those shields have emitters that produce strong magnetic fields, which are excellent at deflecting small calibre small arms fire. I just built more sophisticated, miniaturised versions of them into the armour." she grinned happily.

"Very impressive." Calara said. "But won't we run the risk of stray rounds hitting another one of us?" she asked with concern.

"When one of you is fighting near someone else in Invictium armour, the suits link up and will sense each other's location. They will deliberately angle deflections away from friendly troops." Dana explained.

"It seems you've thought of everything!" The brunette said with a smile.

"There's one last thing!" Dana said quickly. "If you reverse the magnetic field to attract rather than repulse, you could use the armour suits to go for a spacewalk on the ship's hull!" she grinned at them.

John, Alyssa, Calara and Jade broke into a spontaneous round of applause for their incredible chief engineer. Dana took a bow and then stepped into the armour frame so that the suit could be removed.

"Thanks, but I'm not done yet!" the redhead said exuberantly.

"John have you noticed anything different about the XR75 railgun?" she asked him curiously.

"Well it feels a bit lighter." he said, bouncing it slightly in his hands to feel the weight.

"I swapped out the heavier old power supply!" Dana grinned.

"The Ashanath power generators can pump out a lot more power in far smaller devices. If I'd done a direct swap, size for size with the old power supply, that railgun would be about ten times as powerful!" She sighed, just imagining it.

"Unfortunately the barrel would probably explode, killing the shooter as well." she said ruefully.

"Well I'm glad you didn't choose that option." Alyssa said, smiling wryly.

"I did for the Invictus." Dana said, her eyes gleaming.

"Err, I hope that means the ship isn't going to explode!" Calara said looking worried.

"I did fry a console when I hooked up the new power regulators." Dana admitted, looking embarrassed. "In my defence, I had a lot of things on my mind and was pretty sleepy at the time."

"So exactly how powerful is our new power core then?" John asked curiously.

"Well the power core they've fitted is the most advanced version they can produce. The one now powering the Invictus is sized for a battleship!" She grinned wickedly.

John and the other girls exchanged glances, nodding at each other and grinning.

"That sounds pretty awesome!" Alyssa agreed. "But what does that mean in practical terms?"

"OK in layman's terms we now have about twelve times the power as before. We can run the entire ship at full power constantly, so the ship will be able to fly faster and our shields will be able to regenerate quickly, without me having to divert power from the weapons or anything like that." Dana said excitedly.

"How about the lasers?" Calara asked eagerly. "Will they be more powerful or fire faster?"

"Unfortunately no." Dana said sadly. "The weapon barrels would melt with the heat build up."

"We need to upgrade the laser weapons themselves, or improve their heat sinks to see any improvement there, but at least we have the power in place for anything we might get in the future." she explained.

"Sounds like we need to take that trip to the Maliri sooner rather than later then!" John nodded speculatively.

"Oh I have upgraded the Mass drivers though!" Dana said excitedly. "When we leave the planet, we'll need to do a fire test and you can see what they can do!" she exclaimed enthusiastically.

Calara's eyes sparkled as she tried to imagine what Dana might have done to the Invictus' main guns.

"You've done outstanding work here Dana. More than I would have dreamed possible and in so short a time frame!" John said, truly amazed.

Alyssa, Calara and Jade joined in with the effusive praise and Dana smiled at them, blushing a little with embarrassment.

"Oh I almost forgot!" she blurted out. "We need to test fire the improved XR75!"

John moved into position at the firing range and hit the button that made a target dummy appear at the end. Bracing himself, he glanced at Dana who nodded approvingly and then fired a round off down the range.

"Pkow." the railgun murmured, the shockwave from the weapon muffled by the sound dampener built into the barrel.

The target dummy tottered as a big hole was punched in its chest.

"It seems the same as before." John said, looking confused. "It's a little lighter, but other than that, I can't tell any difference."

Dana moved to stand beside him and pressed another button on the wall. The regular target dummy disappeared and a 9' tall hulking mock-up of a Drakkar Warboss appeared in its place, its four arms raised angrily.

"I only made one of these for demonstration purposes." she grinned.

The perky redhead moved over to stand by John. "Mind if I put my hands on your weapon?" she asked him suggestively in a seductive purr, her eyebrow raised.

"Be my guest." John laughed.

She stood on tiptoe and then flicked the fire-rate selector switch to full auto.

"Give that a try." she said with a wink and skipped out of the way.

John took a deep breath, calming himself and getting ready to control the barrel in case of muzzle climb. He sighted down the range , aiming low on the Drakkar just in case.

"PrrrrrrrrrKow!" the railgun purred as 49 hyper accelerated rounds raced down the range, slamming over and over into the quaking target dummy.

John walked the rounds over the target, finding the barrel surprisingly easy to control, as each bullet blasted huge holes in the inanimate Drakkar Warboss and sent chunks flying around the range. He shot off the four arms, decapitated the dummy, cut the chest in half and then blew out the legs before he ran out of ammo. When the railgun finally clicked, the magazine empty, all that was left of the target Drakkar was a pair of smoking boots.

"The smoother power curve and improved power couplings radically reduce heat build up in the magnetic rails." Dana said proudly.

"You like?" She said, breathless with anticipation.

John looked down at the railgun and nodded. "Yeah, it's not bad." he said with a shrug, placing the weapon on the table dismissively.

"What?" Dana said crestfallen.

"Haha!" he grinned, scooping her up in his arms. "If I didn't love you already, I'd fall in love with you all over again!" he whooped. "That gun is the coolest thing I've ever fired!" he said delightedly.

The redhead laughed with relief. "Oh you!" she said, with a grin. "You had me going for a minute there!"

"Sorry honey." he said leaning in to rub noses with her affectionately.

Dana sighed happily and hugged him tightly.

"Well we better go and have a chat with the Ashanath and start our little Drakkar hunt!" John said, excitedly. "Unless you've got some more crazy new upgrades to show us?" he asked Dana hopefully.

"I'm spent." she said with a smile.

"Ok then let's move out ladies." John said in a decisive tone.

"Yes sir!" they chorused in amusement and they left the firing range.

John picked up the XR75 railgun to return to the weapon locker on the bridge and he followed them out the door. They strolled down the corridor and entered the grav-tubes, stepping confidently into the blue light and then smoothly rising up through the levels. Everyone stepped out on to the bridge and moved to take their usual places.

"Could you secure this please honey?" John asked Jade, smiling at her affectionately and handing her the railgun.

"Sure John!" she agreed happily and darted off to the briefing room to put away the weapon.

He shared a meaningful look with Alyssa as they watched the Nymph stride away quite untroubled. They climbed the illuminated steps up to the command podium together and John sat in the Commander's chair, while Alyssa sat gracefully at the executive officer's station to his right.

He turned towards the Latina sitting at her tactical station, watching her as she settled into her familiar seat.

"Calara, could you bring up the sector map for the systems around Kappa-Indarran please." he requested.

The brunette moved quickly to follow his request and the glowing sector map appeared a moment later, hovering above the bridge.

"Ok lets think about this for a second." John said, looking thoughtful. "They have numerical superiority over us, but we should be able to take their raiding ships one on one. We need to thin them out before we tackle the base."

"Why not set a trap?" Calara suggested. "If we ask the Ashanath to greatly reduce any civilian traffic around that area and then get them to send a patrol through as bait, I bet the Drakkar will fall for it." she said confidently.

"Then when they appear, we pounce!" Jade said enthusiastically from where she stood at the doorway to the briefing room, looking up at the softly glowing map.

"Exactly!" Calara said with a grin.

"If we can disable them rather than destroy them, I can perform active scans on their ship. That should provide you some useful data on the structure and layout of their vessel." Dana suggested.

"That's a great idea!" Calara said enthusiastically. "Once I know where their weak points are, I can take them out a lot faster." she said with a wicked grin.

"Ok sounds like we have a plan." John grinned. "Alyssa, can you contact the Ashana shipyard and see if they can put us through to the Ashanath High council."

"There's no need." Dana interrupted quickly.

"High Councillor Rathus gave me a secure transmission code so that we can reach Senior Councillor Ularean directly." she said with a smile.

"A direct line to their boss! They must really want to keep us happy!" Alyssa grinned.

The beautiful blonde girl sitting in the executive officer's chair entered the secure transmission code that Dana transferred to her console. The viewscreen in front of them flashed and then a moment later, Senior Councillor Ularean's grey bulbous head appeared on the screen in front of them.

"Ah JohnBlake, it is a pleasure to see you." the leader of the Ashanath Collective said in his unemotional whispery voice.

"Likewise Ularean." John said with a smile. "Please thank your engineers for the incredible job they did on the Invictus. Dana showed us all the upgrades this morning and they have excelled themselves!" he said appreciatively.

"I am very pleased that you are satisfied with our efforts." he murmured. "I will pass on your kind words to High Councillor Rathus." Ularean said with a slight bow of his head.

"But in truth it is the one called 'Dana' that you should be thanking. High Councillor Rathus has repeatedly begged me to ask if you would permit her to stay on Ashana and teach at our Engineering Seminary." the Senior Councillor said in his eerie voice.

John looked at Dana with a raised eyebrow, but she shook her head with a smile.

"I'm sorry Ularean, she's an indispensible member of my crew." John said with a grin.

"I'll need her more than ever right now, as I intend to keep my side of our bargain." he said, looking determined.

Ularean's unblinking black eyes seemed to sharpen their focus as they stared at him. "What do you intend to do?" the robed Grey asked, the light from the room glinting off the silvery chain around his neck.

"I'd like you to restrict all traffic around the Kappa-Indarran system." John requested. "We plan to spring a trap on the Drakkar."

"We already have JohnBlake." Ularean whispered. "We did not wish to lose any more civilian vessels to the raiders."

"We have to move fast John!" Calara said in alarm. "If there's suddenly no ships around, the Drakkar will be alerted to the fact that the Ashanath have identified the location of their base."

"Ok then. We're going to need you to send some patrol ships on a route we'll supply for you." John said to Ularean, looking to Calara who nodded and began plotting a flightpath for the Ashanath vessels.

"We'll follow close by and then intercept as soon as the Drakkar attack." John said decisively.

"I have reservations about using my people as bait." Ularean said, his normally unemotional whispery voice edged with concern.

"They will only have to hold on for a few moments, we will strike the moment they send the distress call." John said reassuringly.

"We will do as you request JohnBlake." The Ashanath Senior Councillor agreed after a moment's hesitation.

"Ularean, I've got an idea on how to keep your people out of any danger for the next ambush!" Dana interjected eagerly. "Please tell High Councillor Rathus to look out for the schematics I'll send him."

"I will inform him Dana." Ularean said and then ended the call.

"Right, let's get moving!" John said, eager to begin.

Alyssa contacted the Ashana shipyard and requested leave to exit the drydock. The robotic arms holding the Invictus securely in place rotated smoothly and the magnetic clamps released with a loud clang, freeing the assault cruiser.

The beautiful blonde girl grinned and dipped the nose of the ship, the Invictus dropping smoothly out of the drydock as she powered up the engines. Alyssa winked at John mischievously and then boosted the power, causing the 500 metre long assault cruiser to surge forward, flagrantly violating port speed.

The sinister looking jet black ship rolled and turned as she brought them through the rocky canyon, skilfully avoiding other ships and looming sheer walls alike. The Ashanath saucers gave her a sensibly wide berth as the Invictus raced out of the crevasse and soared away into the upper atmosphere of Ashana.

"Woohoo!" Alyssa exclaimed, exhilarated by the daredevil flying through the ravine and out of the shipyard.

"I don't think the High Council would approve." John said with a smirk.

Alyssa laughed rebelliously and then turned to look at Dana. "The handling on the Invictus has improved." she said with delight. "I thought we were just going to be able to go faster?" she asked in surprise.

"Well I boosted power to the retro thrusters and got the Ashanath to fit a few more." Dana said with a smile. "We have insane amounts of spare power, so I figured... why not?" she grinned.

"I love you!" Alyssa said happily.

"When you've finished having fun, could you plot a course to the nearest uninhabited asteroid belt please?" John asked the exuberant blonde fondly.

"Will do!" Alyssa nodded and her hands darted over the console as the sector map around Ashana sprang into life on the bridge.

She found a swathe of asteroids in a nearby system that had already been fully mined. According to the system map, all that was left of the exploited asteroid belt were floating hunks of worthless rock.

"Looks like we have a winner!" she grinned and laid in the course.

"This can't be right." she muttered under her breath a moment later, as the course she had plotted was displayed on the map.

"The Navigation computer is reporting that we'll get there in a third of the time it should normally take!" Alyssa said with surprise. "Nothing's that fast!"

"Nothing except us and a handful of special ops Ashanath ships." Dana said smugly.

"The Ashanath High council weren't kidding. They've given us the best equipment they know how to make!" she said, her delight at acquiring such exotic and incredibly advanced technology quite apparent in her voice.

Alyssa pressed the button that would start to warm up the FTL Drive and they noticed that their ship on the sector map was surrounded in a light blue glow. The ship leapt effortlessly into hyper warp and the Invictus began to race across the system map.

"Holy shit!" Alyssa exclaimed. "Look at us go!" she gasped, staring in disbelief as their ship tore through system after system.

John shook his head in amazement. His old freighter seemed like some kind of decrepit turtle in comparison to the incredibly quick ship he now commanded.

After only a few minutes, they had zoomed through several systems and arrived at the asteroid belt Alyssa had chosen for their fire test. The blonde girl brought the Invictus gliding into position, pointing towards a stupendously huge hunk of rock on the edge of the asteroid field, that could well be classified as a small moon.

"Powering up main batteries." Calara said, feeling her heart pounding in her chest.

She took a firm hold of the arm rest controls and the holographic targeting array hovering in front of her, cast a soft blue glow over her beautiful features. The brunette flipped off the safety switch and pressed the red button on the top of her right controller. The armoured panels covering the Mass drivers slid to the side, revealing the barrels of the 200m long rail guns.

"Weapons armed Commander." Calara stated, falling back into familiar Terran Federation protocol as she looked at the gigantic asteroid through the holographic targeting grid.

"Fire whenever you're ready honey." John said with a grin, excited to see the new upgrades in action.

Holding her breath, Calara pulled the trigger and the Invictus trembled with the recoil, as the 200 metre long magnetic coils accelerated the shells to Tachyon induced Hyper warp velocity. The colossal asteroid shook violently with the impact, as four enormous craters were punched into its surface and the shells continued to bore in deeply, debris blasting out from the shattering strikes. A moment later, the small moon quaked as the four shells detonated deep within its surface. Four faint blue trail linked the Invictus to the enormous hunk of rock as it continued to shake with aftershocks.

"The rails are recharging so fast!" Calara exclaimed, watching the progress bar next to the Mass drivers on her weapon loadout hologram for the Invictus.

"You should only have to wait 10 seconds before you can fire again, instead of 30." Dana confirmed for her.

"They're powered up already!" Calara said in amazement.

"Let's teach this evil asteroid the error of its ways!" John said in a stern voice.

"Fire at will Lieutenant!" he barked in an imperious tone.

Calara laughed before pulling the trigger, sending another four shells blasting out at incredible speed. The asteroid shuddered with the next four impacts, beginning to break apart with the massive momentum of the strikes as they ploughed into its core. The shells detonated a second later and the titanic asteroid slowly split into three chunks, ripped apart by the devastation to its structure.

"One last volley on that smaller piece." John requested, remembering their first fire test, and noting that the smallest chunk was about the same size.

Calara nodded obediently and as soon as the icon flashed, confirming that the magnetic rails had recharged, she pulled the trigger. The four shells blasted out, pounding into the asteroid section and sending it rocking backwards with the impact, its surface fracturing with rapidly expanding fissures. A moment later, the explosives in the shells detonated and the shockwaves blew the asteroid apart, sending thousands of rock fragments scattering through the belt.

"Triple the fire rate, massively increased penetration..." Calara said appreciatively, her eyes gleaming. "You did an outstanding job Dana!"

The redhead smiled at her friend, overjoyed at the results of the successful fire test.

"There's one downside." John said reluctantly. "If we're firing three times as quickly, we'll go through our stockpile of shells pretty quickly."

"Yeah I thought about that." Dana said glumly. "Unfortunately there isn't much I can do unless we can find a better source of explosives. If we can make the detonations more powerful, then I could reduce the size of the shells and we could carry a lot more."

"Not to worry, it isn't a problem for the moment." John shrugged nonchalantly.

"Any news on the Ashanath patrol?" He asked Alyssa.

The beautiful blonde checked on the current status of the Grey ships and saw they were moving steadily into position, to follow the flightpath she had set for them.

"They should be ready to start in a few minutes." Alyssa confirmed for him.

"When do you think the Drakkar will attack?" he asked Calara.

"Well their normal attack patterns have been disrupted, but I'd expect them to launch an attack as soon as they pick up the Ashanath patrol in their long range scans." she said, cautiously.

"I think they might have set up sensors farther out from their base though." she theorised. "They seem to be too well informed about sector traffic to just be relying on long range sensors on their ships."

"Based on what we estimate for their FTL drive capabilities, I'd predict a strike on the patrol in roughly 20 minutes." Calara said, turning over the calculations in her mind.

"We better get into position then." John said. "Alyssa can you trail the Ashanath patrol, so we can respond as quickly as possible without making it obvious we're tailing them."

"Yep, no problem." she said confidently, as she powered up the tachyon drive.

"Ok then, let's start repaying the Ashanath for these new toys." John said with a grin.

The Invictus soared into hyper warp again and raced through system after system as they caught up with the Ashanath patrol. Alyssa swung the assault cruiser into a tailing position via a long arcing curve.

"Hail them please." John ordered.

Alyssa hit a button on the console and a few moments later the Ashanath patrol leader's face appeared on the viewscreen.

"We are following your patrol route as requested JohnBlake." the Grey stated in an echoing murmur.

"Call for backup the moment you're attacked." John said brusquely. "We'll be there within..." he glanced at Alyssa.

*15 seconds* her voice rang crystal clear in his head.

"...15 seconds, so just perform evasive manoeuvres with full power to shields until we arrive." he ordered.

"We will do as you command JohnBlake." the Grey leader whispered quietly and then ended the communication.

"4 minutes until Calara says they will strike!" Jade said excitedly, looking at the ship's chronometer on the wall.

"It's just an estimate!" Calara said defensively.

"We'll see!" Jade said.

Dana helpfully displayed a ticking clock in the centre of the bridge, counting down the seconds.

"Aw come on!" Calara groaned. "Pile the pressure on why don't you?"

They laughed good naturedly at her protestations, but watched the countdown on the clock nonetheless as it ticked down inexorably.

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There was a pregnant pause as they waited with baited breath, but nothing happened.

"See I told y..." Calara started, but was interrupted by the flash of an incoming hail.

"We are under attack!" the Ashanath's patrol leader said, the speech transmitted by their communication device picking up his panic.

"We'll be there in a few seconds." John said reassuringly. "Hang on!"

They ended the communication and he glanced at Alyssa. "Already on it John." she smiled at him confidently.

The system map showed the location of the Ashanath patrol and the Invictus charged towards them, the hopes of the entire Ashanath Collective riding with them.

"Weapons ready, shields up." John ordered. "Hit them with everything we've got as soon as we're in range."

Calara and Dana moved to follow his orders and seconds later they dropped out of hyper warp. The sensors pulsed out and the tactical map quickly redrew itself, showing the vessels in their vicinity.

The three Ashanath patrol craft were scrambling away from the huge ship that was bearing down on them. The black and purple Drakkar cruiser roared in, multiple violet hued beams pulsating angrily as it fired on the fleeing Ashanath saucers. The evasive manoeuvres helped the disc shaped vessels dodge some of the beams and the saucer's shields proved strong enough to save the Greys from any hull damage.

Calara opened fire without having to be asked and the six beam lasers scythed out and slashed across the rear of the Drakkar's shields, causing bright pulses of light to crackle over the surface. Alyssa dipped the nose of the Invictus and Calara cycled to laser cannons, pouring a relentless cascade of laser bolts into the enemy shields.

Realising the threat behind them, the Drakkar halted their rabid pursuit of the Ashanath ships and began to turn the cruiser to face them.

"Not this time!" Alyssa grinned, using the retro thrusters to roll the Invictus.

She pulled the nose back and then they began to perform a graceful loop, staying to the rear quarters of the Drakkar cruiser. Alyssa kept the top deck facing the black armoured behemoth and pumped bolt after bolt of laser fire into the Drakkar shield, causing it to spark and flicker alarmingly.

"Why aren't they firing back?" Dana wondered aloud.

"Scan them." John said. " Try and identify the positioning of their weapon batteries."

"On it!" the redhead said, her hands darting over her console as she engaged the active sensors.

"They're out-turning us!" Alyssa's warning cry echoed around the bridge.

"Just a little longer." Calara said. "Their shields can't take much more of this!"

"Dana, give me more power to the engines!" Alyssa demanded.

The redhead flicked off the safeties and poured more power into the assault cruiser's four massive engines, causing the Invictus to leap forward.

"Burn out in 20 seconds!" Dana warned.

"Active sensor results are in!" she exclaimed, noticing the rapidly scrolling data appearing on the display. "Transferring it to tactical."

The Drakkar cruiser was pictured on the holographic tactical display, in a separate area highlighting the current target of the Invictus. The huge cruiser loomed large with its hull covered in thick black armour plating, flanked by purple ribbing securing it in place. The front of the cruiser showed dozens of long barrelled beam lasers, but there were none to the rear.

"All their guns are forward facing!" John exclaimed in disbelief.

"It make sense." Alyssa said through gritted teeth, as she struggled to control the Invictus, the engines bucking with power. "That thing turns at an incredible rate."

"5 seconds left until burn out!" Dana warned. "Shutting down the extra power!"

"We're good!" Calara cried. "Their shields are out!"

"Get ready to let them have it!" Alyssa called out, easing off with the thrust from the engines and pulling the front of the Invictus around to face the Drakkar.

Calara watched the holographic targeting grid intently and the second she was able to hit the enemy cruiser, she opened up with the four Mass drivers. The shells roared out and slammed into the right side of the Drakkar ship, knocking it back and temporarily halting its rapid turn. The tachyon wave punched through the massive armour plating and the shells disappeared inside the hull. A second later, the cruiser trembled as it was rocked by a series of explosions. Calara had wasted no time and she cycled to the beam lasers, opening fire on the gaping wounds rent into the side of the Drakkar hull. The coruscating beams pulsed brightly as they seared into the superstructure of the enemy ship, burning through the interior of the ship and causing terrible damage to the starboard internals.

"Yeah! Great shooting Lieutenant!" John yelled.

"They're still coming!" Dana warned.

Alyssa powered up the engines to maximum and performed a half roll, just as the Drakkar opened up with the entire beam battery. Pulsating purple beams lanced out as though eager to consume the Invictus, but Alyssa's roll made nearly half the shots miss.

"Shields at 58%" Dana called out, watching the damage control hologram intently and seeing the shield display go from bright green to a bright yellow in an instant.

The assault cruiser charged towards the Drakkar, seemingly about to ram them.

"What's the plan Alyssa?" John asked with growing concern.

"Trust me." she grinned.

Alyssa dropped the nose of the Invictus and they tore past the Drakkar, missing the enemy cruiser by less than a dozen metres as they dived under the belly of the other ship. The Drakkar began to turn to pursue, retro-thrusters speeding their turn, the exhaust flares lighting up port side as they began to rotate.

Calara narrowed her eyes as the enemy ship loomed overhead, opening fire with the laser cannons. She seemed to be firing laser cannon blasts haphazardly all over the Drakkar vessel, laser impacts hitting the craft in a dozen different places.

"Don't you need to target one place to overload their capacitors?" Dana asked worriedly, unsure what the brunette was up to.

"Sure, but that's not what I'm doing." Calara replied, grinning evilly.

Alyssa slowed the Invictus and brought them around to face the Drakkar again. Calara cycled to the mass drivers and unloaded just before the Drakkar opened fire with their overwhelming array of beam lasers. The shells punched into the topdeck, the four pounding impacts instantly destroying several of the Drakkar's beam weapon emplacements. The shells bored deeper before detonating, rocking the enemy ship again.

The returning fire from the Drakkar was more accurate this time and the shields on the Invictus fizzled out as they were overloaded. Three of the virulent purple beams punched through to strike the hull, but they left only a minor scar, as the armour channelled most of the energy to the capacitors.

Calara fired back with their own beam lasers, searing into the gaping holes in the top of the Drakkar cruiser, the beams causing ferocious damage to the internals as they lanced through.

Alyssa powered up the engines again, preparing to joust past the enemy cruiser once more.

"Go to their Port!" Calara called out and Alyssa rolled the ship, bringing it around to a heading that would bring them past on the port side.

Calara opened fire with the laser cannons again, seemingly firing at random all over the port side of the Drakkar cruiser. The Invictus swept past and Alyssa slowed the ship bringing the front around towards the enemy yet again.

"Why aren't they turning?!" Jade exclaimed.

John let out a belly laugh. "They're trying to honey." he grinned.

"Spectacular shooting Lieutenant!" he said proudly.

"Thanks Commander." Calara said grinning at him.

Dana looked at the image of the Drakkar cruiser in the holographic targeting display, as the active scans showed more and more data, the longer they were able to analyse the enemy ship.

"She shot off nearly all their manoeuvring thrusters!" the redhead said in surprise.

The hapless cruiser began to turn at a pitiful rate, but Alyssa stayed firmly in the blindspot to their rear.

"Let me know when you have all the data we need." Calara said to Dana.

Two dropships launched from the stricken enemy ship, full of Drakkar marines eager to get to grips with them in close combat.

"Sorry, not today." The brunette said grimly, pulling the trigger on the mass drivers.

The shells slammed into both dropships, crumpling them both like they were made out of tissue paper and sending them careening away. The huge explosions that followed a second later just added insult to injury, obliterating the crushed remnants of the blocky dropships.

"Shall we ask the cruiser to surrender?" Alyssa asked curiously.

"We can try, but they don't strike me as the 'live to fight another day' type." John said dubiously.

Alyssa attempted to hail them, but sure enough, her repeated requests for an open comm channel were ignored.

"You have everything you need Dana?" he asked the redhead.

"Yep, we're all set." Dana confirmed with a nod.

"Take them apart Calara." he commanded the brunette, his order signalling their doom.

Calara ripped a big hole in the Drakkar stern with the mass drivers and then cycled between laser cannons and beam weapons, pouring an unending cascade of destructive energy into the Drakkar ship. Internal explosions began to rip through the enemy cruiser as the Invictus tore into the devastated raider vessel, the laser weapons hitting vital components. Eventually a laser cannon blast ruptured a fuel tank and supercooled liquid helium gouted through the ship, warping and splintering bulkheads and flash-freezing the Drakkar crew where they stood. The starboard side of the cruiser splintered and then shattered as laser bolts continued to strike home, splitting the hull open. All lights on the enemy ship guttered and died, leaving the once terrifying Drakkar cruiser a broken desolate hulk.

"Remaining life signs are fading rapidly." Dana reported.

Calara ceased fire and they stared at the huge vessel as it rolled away in a slow, tumbling death spiral. The rear of the ship glowed brightly where it had been seared and scorched by the beam lasers, while the massive rent in the starboard side was brittle and frozen, where the supercold helium fuel had caused such catastrophic damage.

"Good work ladies." John commended them. "It's over."

They slumped in their chairs and breathed a collective sigh of relief.

"One down, two to go." Alyssa said with satisfaction.

"let's tell the Ashanath High council the good news." John said with a smile.

The beautiful blonde sitting in the executive officer's chair moved quickly to follow his orders and a few moments later Senior Councillor Ularean answered the secure channel communication.

"It is good to see you JohnBlake." Ularean began. "Our patrol ships reported that you had engaged the Drakkar. My thanks for preventing the deaths of my people. I can only assume you were victorious?" he asked, sounding hopeful even with his unemotional whispering computer voice relaying the message.

"Target destroyed." John said with a big grin on his face.

"Excellent work JohnBlake." Ularean said softly, sounding positively delighted.

"We have begun work on following the plans that Dana provided." the robed Grey continued. "High Councillor Rathus reports that they will be finished with the construction in 4 hours."

"Great news!" Dana cut in. "Tell him to launch it immediately!" she said cryptically.

"I will do so Dana." the Senior Councillor replied in his disconcerting whisper.

"Ok we'll report back after the next Drakkar ship is destroyed." John said confidently.

"We shall await your news eagerly." Ularean said quietly and then ended the communication.

"What should we do now John?" Alyssa asked him curiously.

"Let's head back and orbit Ashana while we wait for whatever Dana's got them building." he said throwing a curious look Dana's way.

"Setting a course back to Ashana then, John." Alyssa said, as she turned the Invictus to the return to the Ashanath homeworld and then engaged the Tachyon drive.

"So what shall we do for the next four hours?" John smiled at them, with a raised eyebrow.

"We definitely need to be debriefed after that battle." Alyssa said eagerly.

Dana and Calara looked up at him with hungry looks on their faces, the adrenalin in their bodies looking for a release.

"It was extremely exciting." Jade agreed.

John rose to his feet with a eager grin. "Let's reconvene in the Commander's quarters for a lengthy debriefing then." he invited them.

The girls laughed happily and rose to join him, heading down the grav-tube to reach deck 2. John watched them walk ahead of him admiring their lovely figures as they glided elegantly down the corridor.

"Let's grab a shower." Alyssa suggested and they quickly undressed, before heading into the roomy shower.

The girls entered the shower first, managing to get undressed at record speed. They welcomed John as he moved to join them, making space for him in between them all. He closed his eyes as the water cascaded down over his body, washing away the tension of the battle, as eight hands stroked and caressed his body lovingly. Soft delicate hands ran over the muscles in his arms and chest, while one of the girls encircled his length in a firm grasp and began to stroke him firmly.

He opened his eyes again, seeing the girls watching him with passion building in their eyes.

"I think I'm clean now." he smiled at them affectionately, looking down to see Jade's dark green hand wrapped around his cock.

"How about we clean up Alyssa next?" he suggested.

The girls agreed enthusiastically and the beautiful blonde girl stood in the middle with a smile on her face. Soon everyone's hands were running over her wonderful tanned skinned, gliding over her firm breasts and pert bottom. One of the girls even went so far as to slowly slide a finger inside her tight little ass and stroke her gently, as John stared into her eyes and rubbed her clit with his strong hands.

Each of the girls took a turn being the centre of attention, gasping and moaning while the others teased and caressed them tenderly. Soon all four of the girls were panting with arousal and staring at John with a burning need. Before he got ravished there in the shower, he suggested they move the party to the bedroom and the girls exited the cubicle one by one, each leaving in a unique way. Calara glanced at him over her shoulder with smoky lustful eyes, Dana winked at him suggestively, Alyssa blew him a kiss and in Jade's case she just wrapped her arms around his neck, pressed her cool skin up against his body and then kissed him passionately. The other three eventually dragged her out and she grinned at him happily as she left.

John soaked under the water a little while longer, before turning off the shower and then moving into the bathroom where he dried himself unhurriedly.

*We're ready when you are.* Alyssa's voice popped into his mind, her tone equal parts mischievous and seductive.

He walked out of the bathroom and into the bedroom and stopped for a moment to appreciate the spectacular sight in front of him. All four girls were naked and kneeling on the edge of the bed, looking at him over their shoulders and watching for his reaction. They were lined up in the chronological order that they had joined him, with the three athletic teenagers in a row and then Jade to their right.

"Oh girls, you look absolutely wonderful." he said appreciatively and sighed happily.

"Just work your way down the line John." Alyssa purred at him seductively. "Try and limit yourself to one minute per girl, then move on to the next one. We have a bet going on who's going to be the lucky girl."

She gave him a final smile and then as if on cue, all four girls faced forward and arched their backs, presenting themselves for him.

Chuckling to himself in delight, he walked purposefully to the left side of the line and moved up behind Alyssa. He was hard as steel by now and he just nuzzled up against her slippery wet folds and then pushed forward, eliciting an excited gasp from the blonde as he slid forward. He pushed forward to the end of her pussy, nudging up against her cervix and letting her get used to his broad shaft spreading her open. John placed his hands on her firm buttocks, separating them slightly as he pushed forward again, causing Alyssa to moan with pleasure as he pushed his way into her womb. The tiny knot of muscle between her ass cheeks glistened in the light, looking mysteriously inviting where she had prepared herself to be taken.

*I expect you to make your way down the line at least twice.* Alyssa's voice challenged him playfully.

*What are the stakes on the bet?* he asked her curiously.

*My lips are sealed.* she said archly.

*Not these lips happily.* John said, thrusting hard into her pussy, causing the blonde girl to let out an excited moan.

He stroked in and out of her for roughly a minute, before gently easing out of her delightfully tight pussy and then stepping to the side behind Calara. Her coffee coloured body looked very exotic in between the bronzed flesh of the blonde and the redhead to either side of her. John wasted no time and placed his eager hands on the perfect spheres of her compact little ass, letting her know she was about to be mounted. He moved forward and his glistening cock slid smoothly into her pussy, his progress eased by Alyssa's juices coating his length. The Latina groaned as her tight little passage was forced to make way for the blunt head of his cock, her young flesh yielding for him willingly.

John pulled back and then began to stroke in and out of her in a nice steady rhythm, letting her get used to being taken. When the brunette was panting and moaning nicely, he shoved forward the last few inches, burying himself up to the balls and drawing a delighted cry from Calara as the head of his cock was embedded in her womb. He rode her lovely olive toned body passionately, loving the sound of her buttocks slapping against him as he fucked her powerfully.

*Time to move on...* Alyssa prompted him.

Reluctantly he pulled himself out of Calara slowly and steadily, so she wouldn't be left feeling empty too suddenly.

*You're so considerate.* Alyssa's voice told him affectionately. *Now hurry up and make Dana squeal!*

*You're such a bad girl.* he thought to her as he moved on down the line.

Dana looked just like Alyssa from behind, with almost the same body type and shape and even the same skin tone. They had very different faces obviously, but turned away from him like this, the only real difference was her dark auburn hair, rather than the golden blonde of the girl he'd been inside only two minutes before.

He placed his hands on her small waist, causing Dana to let out a heated moan of anticipation. He smiled at how eager she was to be taken and he slid forcefully into her hot little body, his cock well lubricated by the two teenage pussies he had stroked in and out of in the last couple of minutes. He fucked her with steady strokes, enjoying feeling her rippling pussy as she gripped his length tightly. Not wanting to waste any time, he pushed forward insistently, aching to spear the girl beneath him fully. When he was finally completely embedded in her, with her taut round cheeks pressed up against his groin, Dana let out a groan that sounded wonderful to his sharp ears. Using the firm grip on her waist he began to pound into her roughly, her buttocks rippling with the forceful impacts. Alyssa got her wish and Dana began to cry out repeatedly every time he drove into her, all the way to the balls.

*Thanks handsome, she loved that.* Alyssa's voice sounded clearly in his mind. *Time to get some Nymph pussy...* she prompted him.

John smirked at Alyssa's lewd commentary and then gently withdrew from Dana, leaving her sighing in disappointment as she felt him pull out. He gave the redhead a gentle slap on the bottom, causing her to gasp with delight.

Finally he arrived at the last girl in the line. Jade's dark green skin was a wonderful contrast to the regular human colourings of the young women he had just fucked. He placed his hands on the perfect globes of her ass, feeling the smooth, slightly cooler skin of her flesh under his fingers. The Nymph trembled with need, her body already primed after the teasing in the shower and then listening to him take each girl one after the other. Not being able to watch had built her up to fever pitch. John just pushed smoothly and steadily inside her, right up to the balls, feeling her ribbed internal walls accommodating him eagerly.

"Oh master..." Jade groaned ecstatically, not sticking strictly to their pre-agreed rules of no talking, but fortunately no-one really cared.

He smiled contentedly, loving the rapturous delight of the alien girl he was now stroking in and out of smoothly. She sighed and moaned with every thrust, radiating pure lustful need as he fucked her with increasing force. He ignored Alyssa's first prompt to move on and drove happily into Jade, relishing hearing her panting and gasping and rewarding her for having to wait the longest.

*I need you John.* Alyssa pleaded with him, the debauched sounds of his cock in Jade's pussy turning her on no end.

John began to slowly withdraw and Jade squeezed and massaged him hungrily with her body, as though desperately pleading for him to stay and fill her up. Grinning contentedly, John gave Jade a friendly slap on her right asscheek, making her cry out in delight and distracting her enough so that he could pull out of her sucking pussy.

He moved back to the start and plunged back into Alyssa again with no preamble.

*Oh god that's good.* she sighed in his mind.

*You like having my cock in you after it's just been in three other girls?* he thought to her.

*Fuck...* she groaned in excitement, her pussy rippling around him.

*Isn't this cheating, us chatting like this?* he thought to her playfully as he fucked her more forcefully.

*Yes, but it turns you on more and that's all that really matters.* Alyssa thought back to him, savouring every inch as he drove deep into her body.

John ploughed the beautiful blonde girl vigorously for the rest of the minute, before moving on to Calara. The Latina quivered excitedly as he buried himself in her up to the balls, in one long pussy stuffing thrust. She sighed contentedly at having him inside her once again and let out cute little moans and gasps as he stroked in and out of her at a nice even pace. Eventually it was time to move on again and Calara cried out mournfully when he pulled out of her for a second time.

The brunette's loss was the redhead's gain, as he sank up to the balls in Dana's lovely pussy, his passage eased from when he had stretched her out the first time down the line. John fucked her hard, enjoying seeing the strong muscles in her back flexing and moving gracefully under her lovely tanned skin as she bounced in his lap. Just like all the other girls, Dana was strong and athletic and her body was built to take a pounding, so he did exactly that. She tossed her auburn hair back as she groaned excitedly, loving being taken roughly.

*I love it when you get all dominant.* Alyssa purred seductively in his mind. *But don't forget about the rest of us!* Alyssa thought to him, her tone a lovely mix of arousal and playfulness.

John smiled and then pulled out of the panting redhead, causing Dana to groan with frustration. Deciding to take over control of the game, John thrust into Jade and then pulled her up by the waist, so her body was leaning against his chest. She arched her back and reached up with her arms to link her hands behind his neck. He cupped her big firm breasts in his hands, supporting her and then nuzzled into her hair, finding her ear.

"I need your help Jade. Will you be a good girl for me and assist your master?" he whispered in her ear, knowing just what to say to drive her wild.

Jade groaned ecstatically. "Just name it master, I'd do anything for you." she promised him with all her heart.

He leaned in and began to whisper his plan, all the while stroking in and out of her tightly squeezing pussy.

"Who shall we start with master?" she hissed excitedly.

*Hey that's cheating, what about the game?* Alyssa said indignantly.

"I know who." John said to the Nymph he held in his arms.

He gently pulled out of her and then offered her his hand, so that she could stand and move with him. Her emerald eyes sparked with a fiery passion he hadn't seen in them before and her intensely lustful look nearly had him throw her back on to the bed and seek his release in her glorious verdant body. He managed to control himself and walked with her hand in hand back to Alyssa at the other end of the line. Jade smiled at him hungrily and then knelt down facing him, directly behind the blonde girl. The Nymph tilted her cute dark green face back, so that her tongue could snake out and began to lap at Alyssa's clit.

John stepped up and sank into Alyssa and between his rock hard cock and Jade's incredibly agile tongue, they had the blonde girl screaming in ecstasy in no time. They kept at it, pushing the teenager through another intense climax before John slid out and let her collapse on the bed.

He glanced over at Calara and Dana who were watching events with lusty stares.

"You're next Calara." he said firmly. "Dana, kiss her while we make her cum."

Calara looked at him over her shoulder with wild eyes, as Jade knelt down and leaned underneath her and began to lick her pussy. Calara's mouth hung open and she began to let out a long moan as John pushed his cock into her, before Dana kissed the girl forcefully, muffling her groans. He focused on keeping up a strong relentless pace as he pounded the Latina's incredible body and the other two girls soon had Calara crying out her pleasure as she came for them. They didn't give her a moment to recover from the first orgasm, before building her up to the second one. The brunette wailed as she came, her pussy rippling as her body urged him to cum inside her. When she had finally come down from her high, John pulled out and they helped Calara lie down on her side as she panted for breath.

"How do you want it?" he asked Dana with a grin on his face.

Dana told them with a slight blush to her cheeks. John caressed her cheek lovingly as Jade moved up on the bed eagerly, lying down with her head towards them. He offered Dana his hand, and she climbed lithely over the Nymph to sit on Jade's face. She sighed contentedly as the Nymphs tongue slid deep inside her pussy, her hips rocking back and forth slightly as Dana ground her clit against Jade's lips.

John moved to the side table and collected a tube of lubricant and applied a liberal coating to himself. He moved up behind Dana who watched him with feverish excitement.

"Double penetration again?" he teased her playfully. "Is my cock not good enough for you?" he said, while holding on to her hips and nuzzling the blunt head up against her ass.

"Just hurry up and... fuuuuucccckkk!!" Dana yelped as he pushed firmly inside her snug rear passage, forcing her malleable little body to spread for his invading length.

"Oh god, that's so good!" the redhead groaned, as his cock and Jade's tongue speared her body.

Alyssa and Calara had recovered by now and they watched John sodomise the teenager with barely controlled lust. John pulled the redhead back against his chest, pinning her to him with his strong arms, as he smoothly hewed in and out of her tightly grasping ass.

"You two." John said to his audience. "Her breasts need attention." he ordered.

Moving eagerly to obey, the blonde and brunette darted over and each grabbed one of Dana's swaying tits, before leaning in to start sucking hungrily on her nipples.

Dana screamed wordlessly with the onslaught, her body not able to take so much stimulation at once. She grunted as she climaxed, her body contracting reflexively around John and Jade. To make sure they were fair, the group made Dana cum a second time, her mouth open in a silent scream as her body writhed in pleasure.

Calara and Alyssa helped the exhausted girl lie down and John held his hand out to Jade, so that she could rise and stand in his arms.

"What would you like to do Jade?" he asked her, his cock throbbing with anticipation as he awaited her answer.

"You haven't taken me like that yet John." Jade said throatily.

"You'd like to offer me your ass?" John said archly. "Let me see then. Show me where I'll be fucking you." he urged her.

Mewling excitedly, Jade moved on to the bed and lay down flat, tilting her hips upwards and using her hands to pry apart her firm buttocks. Her last unplundered hole lay exposed to his eager eyes, the tight knot of muscle an even darker green against her verdant bottom. John moved up on the bed and followed after her, covering her body with his.

"You want me to fuck your ass like this little Nymph?" he asked her, growing increasingly excited.

"Yes, ever since I saw you take Calara this way." Jade panted. "She looked so submissive being used like that, it was so exciting!" the green skinned girl moaned passionately.

John lined up his cock and then began to push his way inside Jade's hot asshole, the warmth inside her body a sharp contrast to her cooler skin.

"Oh John, that feels amazing!" Jade groaned, her hips rocking under him as she tried to take every last inch.

John took hold of her wrists and then held her arms down as he pushed all the way into her luscious body, her rounded asscheeks feeling so firm and proud as he thrust against them.

"It's even better than I dreamed!" Jade sighed.

"You feel amazing." John agreed, beginning to drive in with longer strokes.

"Take me hard master!" she begged him. "Let me service your cock!"

John grinned wickedly and picked up the pace, fucking the submissive alien girl vigorously. Suddenly Jade let out a strange groan.

"What is it Jade? Are you ok?" he asked her with concern, halting his movements.

"I feel strange John." Jade murmured, distractedly.

John began to pull back, worried about the girl underneath him, when Jade reached back with her hands to grab his ass and hold him steady.

"Please don't pull out!" she begged him.

John froze, still buried up to the balls inside the beautiful green girl.

"Just roll so I'm on top." Jade pleaded with him.

"Whatever you want." he replied. "Are you sure you're ok?" he asked her, sounding worried.

"Oh yes..." Jade moaned and pushed against him, urging him to roll onto his back.

John rolled with her and lay on his back, with Jade in reverse cowgirl, his cock buried deep inside her tight body. He looked to the side and Alyssa, Calara and Dana were all watching them with concern, having heard Jade's call to stop.

Jade began to move her hips sensually, her ass rippling up and down his length as she lay back against his chest. She let out a deep moan and John heard the teenagers to his side gasp in surprise.

"John, something's happening to Jade's body." Alyssa said in surprise.

"What?" he asked distractedly as he held on to the writhing Nymph's hips as she massaged him wonderfully.

"Oh my god! She's grown a copy of your cock!" Dana blurted out in shock.

Alyssa, Calara and Dana disappeared from John's view as they darted around to get a close up view of the dark green replica of the male member they all knew by heart. John grabbed some pillows to prop himself up and then he looked down over Jade's shoulder to see the copy of his cock sticking out of her body just above her pussy.

"How are you doing that?" he asked Jade in wonder.

"This one does not know master." Jade purred quietly, her eyelids heavy as she continued to writhe on his length.

Alyssa looked up at John with a sly look on her face and then knelt down between Jade's legs, who spread her verdant thighs wide to give the blonde plenty of room. Alyssa stared into his eyes as the dark green head of the replica cock disappeared between her pouty lips.

"I felt that!" John gasped in shock, as he felt the familiar sensation of Alyssa's mouth wrap around the head of his cock.

Alyssa's eyes flared and she began to suck eagerly, bobbing up and down on Jade's newly grown phallus.

More gasps of surprise from Calara and Dana had John wondering what was happening now, distracted as he was by one of Alyssa's amazing blowjobs, combined with the sensation of Jade's ass riding him too. He glanced down and was stunned to see two more cocks sprouting from the lower part of Jade's belly.

"Come service your master." Jade crooned seductively, as she took Calara and Dana's heads and brought them down to wrap their pouty lips around the newly grown cocks.

"Holy fuck!!" John exclaimed in astonishment as he clearly felt the other two girl's taking the head of his cock inside their mouths.

He looked down in amazement at the blonde, brunette and redhead who were kneeling in front of Jade, sucking eagerly at the dark green copies of his shaft and feeling every delicious sensation from their hot little mouths. Dana swabbed the slit at the end, lapping away gently as if trying to coax his balls into giving her pre-cum. Calara's tongue licked the underside of his shaft in long sensual strokes, while she sucked softly on him, her cheeks hollowing slightly with the suction. Meanwhile Alyssa was deep throating her replica of John's cock, her lips tightly stretched around his root as the muscles in her throat squeezed and massaged him expertly. His eyes flew open in stunned surprise as he felt it all, the three distinctive blowjobs all happening to his cock at once.

"How..?" he groaned into Jade's ear where she leant against him.

"Just enjoy, let us all give you pleasure." she urged him, as she turned to kiss him passionately, her hips moving languidly.

Calara and Dana had started to take him into their throats as well and the triple simultaneous deepthroat after the last hour of teasing and frenzied fucking, was too much for any man to withstand.

With an inarticulate howl, he grasped Jade's hips and thrust against her mindlessly as he came, long gouts of his spunk shooting into her body. The teenagers impaled on the dark green cocks let out surprised squeaks as they felt John's cum shoot down their throats to splash into their stomachs. They began to suck hungrily, three eager mouths working excitedly to empty the contents of his taut quad. John panted and groaned, writhing in ecstasy as the girls sucked every last ounce of semen from his balls.

He finally had nothing left to feed them and he collapsed in a heap, groaning helplessly.

Jade's replica cocks shrank back into her body and the three kneeling teenagers sat back up, rubbing their now full tummies contentedly. Jade gently eased herself off John's painfully sensitive cock and then all four girls curled up around him.

"What the hell happened?" John mumbled, insensate.

"A triple blowjob assfuck." Dana exclaimed happily.

"Bravo Jade!" Alyssa said to the Nymph in delight.

Jade smiled in satisfaction at the earnest praise and stroked her own stomach, where she had retained some of her master's cum for herself. She sighed, deliriously happy as the effervescent viridian lines began to appear on her belly, pulsing out around her body.

"I think Jade won the competition." Calara said, smiling fondly at the Nymph who was lying beside her.

The rest of the girls laughed gently and then they all snuggled in closer with John, luxuriating in their tight knit bond as their bodies absorbed his cum.

John smiled to himself in wonder, as he lay back with the four girls in his arms. Never in his wildest dreams would he have imagined anything so crazy, but he had loved every second of it.

His mind began to wander back to his pledge to assist the Ashanath against the Drakkar raiders. They had made a great start, but if they were to prove successful against the Drakkar, he began to worry whether the Ashanath would fulfil the rest of their bargain. The Greys had been nothing but trustworthy in their dealings so far, but after hunting for these answers for so long, he found it hard to believe that he was this close to finding out more about his parentage.

Even more troubling was what the Ashanath might reveal. If it had anything to do with his recent nightmares, John wondered if he might not want to know the answers after all.

Alyssa hugged him tightly, making him look down at her. Her piercing blue eyes stared up at him comfortingly, a warm, loving smile on her full lips.

*I'll be there to support you. We all will.* she thought to him reassuringly.

John heaved a big sigh and then relaxed, Alyssa knowing exactly what to say to calm his mind, just as she always did.